METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY et.al vs.

CONCERNED RESIDENTS
OF MANILA BAY, represented and joined by DIVINA V. ILAS, SABINIANO G.R. No. 171947:
February 15, 2011

FACTS:

The Supreme Court rendered a Decision in G.R. Nos. 171947-48 ordering petitioners to clean up,
rehabilitate and preserve Manila Bay in their different capacities.

The Manila Bay Advisory Committee was created to receive and evaluate the quarterly progressive
reports on the activities undertaken by the agencies in accordance with said decision and to monitor the
execution phase.

In the absence of specific completion periods, the Committee recommended that time frames be set for
the agencies to perform their assigned tasks.

ISSUE: Whether or not the recommendation by the Committee is an encroachment over the powers and
functions of the Executive Branch headed by the President of the Philippines.

HELD: The petition lacks merit.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Adjudicative function

The issuance of subsequent resolutions by the Court is simply an exercise of judicial power under Art.
VIII of the Constitution, because the execution of the Decision is but an integral part of the
adjudicative function of the Court.

While additional activities are required of the agencies like submission of plans of action, data or status
reports, these directives are but part and parcel of the execution stage of a final decision under Rule 39
of the Rules of Court.

Petition is DENIED.